The only thing I see is that this is an ideological difference, and that we have different first principles that no amount of discussion will resolve. That said, believe it or not it's possible for people to disagree in this way without either one of them being an "idiot".
Yes, I could also see using this in distance learning courses on programming, particularly in situations where students aren't using their own machines, as with many students in low and middle income countries.
Even in areas where home computer ownership is a reasonable expectation or where students are issued a laptop it would still make sense for a teacher to send parents a list of expectations on the first day so that there's no confusion about what's required.
What if they're not U.S. passports? wgoodman didn't specify. My wife occasionally had a hard time using her foreign passport for things before she got her greencard.
B&H rocks, and not just for cameras. I'm pretty happy with the netbook I bought through them last year, and it was cheaper from them than anyone else, even with shipping.
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It's all theatre anyway, just pay less for it. We all would win if we got rid of the TSA.
My friend from Miami says that TSA stands for "Teatro de Seguridad en los Aeropuertos".
Okay, that was funny.
My mom has a cat, but that doesn't mean they're on equal footing. (The cat is in charge.)
Android and iOS already come with the killer app of being able to make phone calls and send text messages.
Ha, I love it!
If it is, we're sad together.
My favorite quip on this is that Barack Obama has now launched more cruise missiles than all other Nobel Peace Prize winners combined.
For what it's worth, the different prizes are chosen by very different committees. There's no "they" here.
The only thing I see is that this is an ideological difference, and that we have different first principles that no amount of discussion will resolve. That said, believe it or not it's possible for people to disagree in this way without either one of them being an "idiot".
Neither, and neither is required to realize that just because someone has a lot of money doesn't mean it's okay to take it from them.
Buffet pays less taxes(percentage wise) than his secretary.
But oh what a difference that little parenthetical phrase makes....
Heh, fair enough.
Whatever. Everyone knows Tunguska was really caused by an alien spacecraft losing antimatter containment.
Turds and chocolate bars may both be brown, but that doesn't mean other similarities between them should be assumed.
Change it to something big, like 10, and you'll be in the clear for a long time.
Like, maybe even into next week!
Yes, I could also see using this in distance learning courses on programming, particularly in situations where students aren't using their own machines, as with many students in low and middle income countries.
Even in areas where home computer ownership is a reasonable expectation or where students are issued a laptop it would still make sense for a teacher to send parents a list of expectations on the first day so that there's no confusion about what's required.
No, and ten years from now who knows how weak the dollar might be? We might all have contracts for $383 million by then.
More like Ho-Hos, although for $383 million, I'd be one of those too...
What if they're not U.S. passports? wgoodman didn't specify. My wife occasionally had a hard time using her foreign passport for things before she got her greencard.
B&H rocks, and not just for cameras. I'm pretty happy with the netbook I bought through them last year, and it was cheaper from them than anyone else, even with shipping.
So, wait, we should get sex from prostitutes so we can have more time to concentrate on our spiritual practices?
I bare my throat in nerd submission.
BTW, I get that robots may need to walk; it's silly that I can stop an army of Daleks led by R2D2 by building a 3-inch high wall.
Sorry if I'm raping your childhood here, but in the last decade it's been revealed that both of those can fly....
Weird -- I'm libertarian, yet I have no problem with shorter work weeks. The shorter the better. You know, because I'm all selfish and stuff.